Collar stay and necktie support



March 23, 1948. E. G. POPHAL 2,438,325

- COLLAR STAY A'ND NECKTIE SUPPORT Filed March 22, 1946 ELE- l Inventor Eric fi'usiav erfiajrfial Patented Mar. 23., 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COLLAR STAY AND NECKTIE SUPPORT Eric Gustave Pophal, St. Pauls, N. 0. Application March 22, 1946, Serial No. 656,413

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in collar stays and necktie supports, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device of the character herein described, which may be effectively and conveniently employed for both retaining the collar wings in the properly extended position and for holding the necktie, particularly the knot thereof, centralized and correctly adjusted with respect to the collar.

Several devices were designed and manufactured for the above stated purpose, many of them employing a multiplicity of component parts which, after being used a number of times, were easily subjected to breakage, improper adjustment, or to some other mutilation, whereby the usefulness of the device as a whole was completely destroyed.

Others were insufficiently flexible or bulky, whereby their presence could be readily detected by bulges or emphasized lines on the outer surface of the collar. Others again were provided with sharp collar engaging points, the contact with which has often resulted in injury to the fingers of the user. Finally, the construction of some was of such nature that their presence when in use was constantly impressed upon the wearer thereby resulting in utter discomfort and annoyance.

It is therefore a further object of the invention to eliminate the disadvantages above set forth, by providing a combination collar stay and neckti support which is of a one piece construction and which may be readily applied and comfortably and inconspicuously Worn for the purpose for which it is intended.

Another object of the invention is to provide a collar stay and necktie support in which sharp extremities are either completely eliminated, or else adequately protected to eliminate possible injury to the hands of the user.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a collar stay and necktie support which is readily adjustable to different lengths of collar wings.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a collar stay and necktie support which cannot easily become damaged and which will readily lend itself to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects in view, and such other objects as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the collar and necktie illustrating the invention in situ thereon;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the invention per se;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the same, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary, enlarged view of a collar engaging member used in the invention.

Like characters of reference are used to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention is formed from one piece of wire, designated generally by the reference character 5. This wire forms a tie engaging hook 6 hereinafter to be more fully described and a pair f arcuate, resilient arms I extend outwardly and rearwardly and then forwardly and downwardly at the opposite side of the hook, as will be clearly apparent from the accompanying drawings.

The free end of each of the arms 1 is provided with a collar engaging member 8, the latter assuming the form of a substantially U-shaped limb, one side of this limb being angulated upon and across itself and extending downwardly and forwardly toward the center of the closed end of the limb, as is indicated by the reference character l0. Pointed extremities H are provided at the free ends of the angulated portions l0, these being adapted to penetrate and engage the tips ii of the wings I3 of the collar M.

It will be noted that the extremities II are disposed with respect to the limbs 8 in such manner that the possibility of contacting the same with ones fingers is virtually eliminated.

Referring now to the aforementioned hook 6, the same extends downwardly from the center of the collar stay as at [5 and then upwardly and forwardly as at l6 and terminates in a substantially blunt or rounded extremity II.

This extremity is adapted for insertion between the overlapping layers in the back portion of the knot l8 in the necktie I9, whereby it will be unnecessary for the same to actually penetrate the tie fabric and therefore a sharp extremity at the end I 1 is not desirable.

When the invention is placed in use, the device is applied to the collar and to the necktie in the manner already set forth and it will be noted that the arms I are of sufficiently resilient and flexible character that they may be readily adjusted to collar win-gs of various lengths. Similarly, the angulation of the hook portion I6 with respect to the portion I 5 may be adjusted by bending, whereby the tie knot l8 maybe supabeing parcuated athence putwarldi :form;a pair gof ,collareengagin g arms, -said prong being engageable with the knot on the necktie.

ported in any desired position, such as resting flatly on the chest or in a somewhat elevated relationship above the same.

It is believed that the use of the invention will be readily and clearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and further description thereof at this point is therefore considered unnecessary.

2. 1A collar Stayand :neclrtie support, .-con1- prising in; combination, -a.- one-piece cwireelike rod d ubl d :uncn i self medially of its ,length to provide' {a forwardly and aupwardly ,dir,ected :prorig, thedowerend continuationsofcsaid prong being arcuated upwardly, outwardl and rear-- .wardly to -,forrn ea pair of collargengaging shoulders, v eontinuaticnfis of v.said sho ildersiforming downwardly extending, arcuate .;ar ms, ..th,e ifree -extremitiesl of said arms being {engageable with the collar wings, rand said .eprong .;engagin g the knotoithe necktie.

3. A collar stay and necktie support, comprising in combination, a one-piece wire-like rod doubled upon itself medially of its length to provide a forwardly and upwardly directed prong, the doubled end portion of said rod being disposed at the upper end of said prong and forming a rounded extremity, lower end continuations of said prong extending upwardly in a mutually divergent relation and thence being arcuatedoutwardly sand grearwardly to form a "pair ofpOIIar-"engaging shoulders, *the end portions of said rod constituting continuations of said shoulders and providing downwardly exv:tending,rarcuate;arms, and collar wing engaging extremities formed at the free ends of said arms,

"said -prong being inserta-ble between the overnlapping layersin the knot of the necktie.

ERIC GUSTAVE POPHAL.

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